It’s hard to make one great movie. But withShaun of the Dead,Hot Fuzz,The World’s EndandScott Pilgrim vs. the World,Edgar Wrighthas shown again and again he’s one of the best directors on our planet and someone that is wildly original and unique. With his latest film,Baby Driver, Wright has taken the crime thriller genre and flipped it on its head by melding a musical, car chases, criminals, and slick heists into one unique movie. I could go on and on about what I loved but the end result is me strongly advising you to see this movie as soon as you can. Not just because it’s great, but because movies like this need to do well to remind the studios original films still matter and not everything needs to be a sequel or part of a huge universe of films.
If you’re not familiar withBaby Driver, it follows Baby (Ansel Elgort), a skilled getaway driver who always listens to music to drown out a hearing impairment he suffered as a child. When he falls for a local waitress (Lily James), he tries to escape from his life of crime.Baby Driveralso starsKevin Spacey, Jon Hamm,Jon Bernthal, Eiza González, Jon Hamm, andJamie Foxx.
To help promote the film, last week I sat down with Edgar Wright. He talked about making an analogue movie in the digital age, how it’s really the actors on the streets of Atlanta doing the action, why they did the long oner on the first day of filming and how he did the same thing onShaun of the Dead, why he cut two scenes out of the film, why he wantedWalter Hillto be part ofBaby Driver, and more.
Check out what he had to say in the player above and below is exactly what we talked about, the official synopsis and some images.
Edgar Wright:
Here’s the official synopsis forBaby Driver:
A talented, young getaway driver relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss, he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.
For more onBaby Driver,read Matt Goldberg’s review here.
